Not into the annual mindless CoD/FIFA/NBA etc myself BUT that mindless interaction with friends is what many people are looking for. If that does it for them why should they expand their horizons? gaming is their to entertain and whether that is a ball on a string game or complex games with indepth stories comes down to whatever fulfills the persons needs.

The original Xbox was sold at a serious loss to gain market share. component cost wise it would have been around $450 or around $850 today. They may still do something similar

It is a good couple of years off and even current gen is not far off these prices. As long as it is not crippled spec wise it will probably be fine, Sony will be releasing in a similar price bracket as well unless something happens like an AI collapse to reduce component costs (unlikely in the timeframe)

retro gaming is little more than a rounding error and that is unlikely to change even with these ridiculous prices.

yeah not likely, even Sony's 6 year old console is at $900 as it is so expensive for components now. These prices are likely at the lower end of their new incoming console costs as well.

PHP has been a running security clusterfuck since inception where security took a backseat to ease of use and adoption. It always astounded me it became so popular despite always being insecure.

If it was a teams decision then it is that teams boss/leader that is responsible or everyone involved in that team decision should be held legally accountable. The bullshit of "no one person made that decision" is just bullshit to try and avoid legal acountabiulity, they have been shown to have known what they were doing was not legal so they have zero defense.

It is not about the federal government. Like all these bans it is an easy way for Trump to block competition from companies that are surpassing US companies, declare them a national security risk and it effectively blocks commercial use in the US.

hi res video requires huge amounts of ram while editing, hence 64 bit comes into play, it also as you say helps with performance too

completely clueless. windows is 64 bit and has been for a long time, it also defaults to IPv6. this same problem exists in linux and mac world, basically NAT means a lot of people didn't need to learn IPv6 so unless the tech is doing it for them by default (like windows or your phone) they are probably defaulting to Ipv4.

If you are trying to say friends don't spy on friends then the US is the enemy of every country on the planet as they have been caught spying on every country including allies.

pretty sure they are only still working on the beige ones; Rouge's ones aren't till next year.

If you are updating through a web interface then it absolutely can be automated, you need to sack your IT staff if they told you that wasn't possible.

If your Root private key is compromised this process won't save you either. This has ZERO impact on root certs which should remain at multiple years and the private key ideally kept offline except when you need to sign a new intermediate issuing cert.

too be clear, those are "official" samples. over the years samples of turned up in various labs all over the world as having been forgotten in storage and almost certainly countries have unofficially stored it for "research".